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Chapter 45: Cornered

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Lena’s POV

I sat in the living room, curled into the far end of the couch, pretending to read a book I couldn’t follow.

The clock ticked on the wall, I could hear the staff’s voices drifted faintly from the kitchen. The mansion was quiet, and every little sound set me on edge.

My heart was beating fast, like there was a weight lodged there, pressing down every time I breathed.

I hadn’t seen him since early this morning. I’d left him in my room, asleep, his arm still warm around me. My whole body burned with the memory of it,his lips on mine, his voice rough when he whispered that I was his, the way my body betrayed me, yielding to him completely.

And now? Now I couldn’t even look in a mirror without flushing red.

What had I done?

I pressed the book harder against my lap so hard my knuckles turned white. My belly fluttered with a nervous ache, my other hand instinctively brushing against the tiny bump that had finally started to show.

I couldn’t face him, not when I didn’t even know ho
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